Ephesians 5:16

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taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Col 4:5 : 5 Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Fear God Now Because Old Age and Death Come Quickly So remember your Creator in the days of your youth– before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say,“I have no pleasure in them”;
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.
  • Eph 6:13 : 13 For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.
  • Gal 1:4 : 4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 Motivation to Godly Conduct And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  • Ps 37:19 : 19 They will not be ashamed when hard times come; when famine comes they will have enough to eat.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
  • Eccl 11:2 : 2 Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.
  • Acts 11:28-29 : 28 One of them, named Agabus, got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world.(This took place during the reign of Claudius.) 29 So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
  • 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none, 30 those with tears like those not weeping, those who rejoice like those not rejoicing, those who buy like those without possessions, 31 those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away.
  • Eph 6:15 : 15 by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace,

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    5For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.

    6So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.

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    6Live in the Light Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.

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    9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth–

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    13For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

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    13For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.

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    11Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

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    5Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure.

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    17Live in Holiness So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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    27Do not give the devil an opportunity.

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